tqil

Maltese

Root
t-q-l
5 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic ثَقِيل (ṯaqīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʔiːl/

• Audio (Gozo):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːl

Adjective

tqil (feminine singular tqila, plural tqal, comparative itqal)

1. heavy (of great weight)

   Antonym: ħafif

2. hard; difficult

   Synonym: diffiċli

   Antonyms: ħafif, faċli

   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pika”, in Fl-Arena:

     Il-għażla tar-rebbieħ
     kienet tqila bis-sħiħ,
     u Marzu Marzellu
     fetaħ ir-rixtellu,
     u tax-xita fir-raxx
     parpar baxx baxx.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. pregnant (with child)

   Synonym: ħobla

Senhaja de Srair

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tqil/

Adjective

tqil (feminine tqila, common plural tqalin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵇⵉⵍ)

1. alternative form of ṭqil

Declension

Inflection of tqil

	singular	plural
masculine	tqil	tqalin
feminine	tqila	tqalin

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[2], Paris, France: HAL